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What's the one class at Green Elementary every student should take?
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Enrollment
534
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472001864
Green Elementary
5307 Six Forks Road, Raleigh, NC 27609 · (919) 431-8141 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL534 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
528 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 15 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (103).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from Wake County Schools. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
48.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
54.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Green Elementary
Green Elementary's state test result (53.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Elementary this school | 534 | 98.9% | 53.1% |
| Rama Road Elementary Charlotte | 560 | 99.5% | 50.4% |
| Brookside Elementary Gastonia | 512 | 98.8% | 38.5% |
| Gardner Park Elementary Gastonia | 560 | 99.5% | 40.7% |
| Forest Park Elementary Kannapolis | 472 | 99.4% | 44.5% |
| Vandora Springs Elementary Garner | 582 | 99.5% | 60.8% |
Matched among North Carolina elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Green Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #728 of 1,297 | #90 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #785 of 1,296 | #93 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #683 of 1,300 | #89 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 534 | #515 of 1,485 | #96 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #63 of 1,377 | #8 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.2% | #193 of 1,379 | #28 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.9% | #716 of 1,414 | #28 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.6% | #316 of 937 | #37 of 91 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
534
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 563
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 12.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 534 | 45.9 | 11.6:1 | 99% (528) |
| 2023-24 | 548 | 44 | 12.4:1 | 69% (376) |
| 2022-23 | 559 | 46.5 | 12.0:1 | 64% (358) |
| 2020-21 | 528 | 41 | 12.9:1 | 54% (286) |
| 2017-18 | 656 | 48.8 | 13.5:1 | 67% (440) |
| 2015-16 | 501 | 42 | 11.9:1 | 75% (374) |
| 2010-11 | 504 | 36 | 14.0:1 | 52% (260) |
| 2000-01 | 766 | 45 | 17.0:1 | 8% (65) |
| 1990-91 | 563 | 33 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Green Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (656 to 534); teachers down 6% (48.8 to 45.9).
About Green Elementary
Students in Raleigh, North Carolina, attend Green Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. The school had 534 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Wake County Schools oversees Green Elementary and 197 other schools, with 163,176 students in total.
Green Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and Black students are the largest at 36%. The school is also 30% Hispanic, 28% White, and 4% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 19%. Green Elementary has a diversity index of 70%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at Green Elementary total 45.9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 99%. Compared with the 42% average for public schools in Wake County, the school's rate is higher.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 53.1%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 48.6%.
In the county around the school, Wake County, median household income is about $105,768, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Green Elementary is among the 237 public schools in Wake County.
The nearest other public school, Sanderson High, is about 0.5 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Green Elementary. Green Elementary places 6th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
For locale, NCES codes Green Elementary as City: Large.
Enrollment at Green Elementary was 528 in 2020-21 and 534 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 12.9:1 to 11.6:1.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Wake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,178,653
Census ACS
Median income
$105,768
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
237
184,790 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wake County Schools
- Apex Friendship HighHigh · 2,748 students
- Enloe HighHigh · 2,643 students
- Panther Creek HighHigh · 2,609 students
- Millbrook HighHigh · 2,498 students
- Apex HighHigh · 2,449 students
- Leesville Road HighHigh · 2,411 students
Other schools in Raleigh
- Enloe HighHigh · 2,643 students
- Millbrook HighHigh · 2,498 students
- Leesville Road HighHigh · 2,411 students
- Athens Drive HighHigh · 2,156 students
- Needham Broughton HighHigh · 2,153 students
- Wakefield HighHigh · 2,065 students
Other Green Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 7 states are named Green Elementary. Green Elementary is the largest of the 10.
- Green Elementary SchoolSmithville, OH · 524 students
- Green ElementarySan Diego, CA · 493 students
- Green Elementary SchoolPRINCETON, TX · 489 students
- Green Elementary SchoolCHESTERFIELD, MI · 456 students
- Green Elementary SchoolJackson, MS · 365 students
Nearby schools
- Sanderson High0.5 mi · 1,648
- Carroll Middle0.8 mi · 898
- Brooks Elementary0.9 mi · 471
- Douglas Elementary1.2 mi · 562
- Lynn Road Elementary1.8 mi · 486
- Millbrook Elementary1.9 mi · 534
Frequently asked questions
About Green ElementaryHow many students attend Green Elementary?
Green Elementary enrolls approximately 534 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Green Elementary serve?
Green Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Green Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Green Elementary is approximately 11.6:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Green Elementary?
At Green Elementary, the student body is approximately 28% White, 30% Hispanic, 36% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Green Elementary public or private?
Green Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wake County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.